The Dark Knight Rises: July 20, 2012

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

I'll put money on him meaning the game.

Yeah, since that game came out I am constantly thrown off. I assume people are referencing the real Arkham Asylum masterpiece not the game.

[Prototype]

If they reboot... I'd like to see them return to animated... but really F'd up animation you wouldn't want to take your kids to. And bring back Skywalker as the voice of the Joker.

[3 Justin 3]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Yeah, since that game came out I am constantly thrown off. I assume people are referencing the real Arkham Asylum masterpiece not the game.

It is 21 years old, I assume most people would reference the game these days, which I was referring to anyway.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3

It is 21 years old, I assume most people would reference the game these days, which I was referring to anyway.

I would argue that mainstream fans reference the game. Anyone intimately familiar with Batman's continuity should know the true AA.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I would argue that mainstream fans reference the game. Anyone intimately familiar with Batman's continuity should know the true AA.

You're like the peter12 of Batman!

[I_am_Beast]

Batman : Under the Red Hood , the new cartoon , just got leaked....... not a bad movie quite darker than i expected.....and all new voices as well..... tooka bit getting used to.

[cKy]

Originally Posted by I_am_Beast

Batman : Under the Red Hood , the new cartoon , just got leaked....... not a bad movie quite darker than i expected.....and all new voices as well..... tooka bit getting used to.

I thought it was fine to watch.

Jokers voice was bad.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

You're like the peter12 of Batman!

Who is peter12?

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I would argue that mainstream fans reference the game. Anyone intimately familiar with Batman's continuity should know the true AA.

I don't think it really matters that much. AA as a TPB is next to impossible to find. I actually hunted all over Vancouver for it a year ago and came up with Hush. AA and the Long Halloween eluded me, the latter was found recently though.

Edit- A Batman cartoon without Kevin Conroy is not a Batman cartoon worth seeing. Bender as the Joker is a terrible casting choice aswell.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

I don't think it really matters that much. AA as a TPB is next to impossible to find. I actually hunted all over Vancouver for it a year ago and came up with Hush. AA and the Long Halloween eluded me, the latter was found recently though.

I'm certainly not trying to start a hardcore vs mainstream debate. Maybe I'm just dating myself.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

I don't think it really matters that much. AA as a TPB is next to impossible to find. I actually hunted all over Vancouver for it a year ago and came up with Hush. AA and the Long Halloween eluded me, the latter was found recently though.

Edit- A Batman cartoon without Kevin Conroy is not a Batman cartoon worth seeing. Bender as the Joker is a terrible casting choice aswell.

Vancouver has crappy comic shops. You can easily find all 3 here in Calgary.

[MissTeeks]

Michael Caine says production is to start in April.

http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/07/14/ba...in-april-2011/

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

I don't think it really matters that much. AA as a TPB is next to impossible to find. I actually hunted all over Vancouver for it a year ago and came up with Hush. AA and the Long Halloween eluded me, the latter was found recently though.

Edit- A Batman cartoon without Kevin Conroy is not a Batman cartoon worth seeing. Bender as the Joker is a terrible casting choice aswell.

I like Bruce Greenwood as much as the next guy, but Conroy IS animated Batman.

NPH as Nightwing though could be sweet.

[ComixZone]

Nothing but a rumour of course, but I'm so in love with this idea that I'll actually be disappointed if it doesn't come true (that is of course until I see Batman 3 anyways, and am still blown away).

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as The Riddler rumour

(also for those talking about Under the Red Hood...it's not very good if you're a huge bat-fan. Bender as the Joker falls completely flat, while Batman's voice is passable, but it should still be Kevin Conroy).

I'm still heart-broken that Mark Hamill's final performance as the Joker is going to be in Arkham Asylum 2.

[GreenLantern]

That little dweeb couldn't pull off the Ridler.. just like when they tried to pass off that gay cowboy as the Joke--- oh wait..

[CaptainCrunch]

Hopefully he puts in a better villian performance then he did in GI Joe.

[3 Justin 3]

He looks like a Riddler does he not? Nolan seems to use the same people for all his movies. Inception had Scarecrow, Alfred, etc.

The way Nolan casts, the rumor has some legs.

[rubecube]

Am I the only one who is really pumped for this movie but is expecting to be let down? I just think that it's going to be really hard to top TDK. Mind you, I thought Batman Begins was a better movie than TDK overall so maybe it won't be so hard.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Am I the only one who is really pumped for this movie but is expecting to be let down? I just think that it's going to be really hard to top TDK. Mind you, I thought Batman Begins was a better movie than TDK overall so maybe it won't be so hard.

Not after seeing Inception last night. My faith in Nolan is at an all time high. I went into Inception expecting it to be amazing, and it still over-delivered for me. Just as long as he can tell a strong story (again) and sticks to it while not getting distracted by an excess of characters. So if it's Nigma, tell a good Nigma story.

Hell, make it so Nigma is a private-eye like he was in the comics for a while, and have him and Batman go at it while trying to track down the Holiday Killer or something. As long as Nolan keeps the focus of the story narrow enough, he'll deliver yet again.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

Not after seeing Inception last night. My faith in Nolan is at an all time high. I went into Inception expecting it to be amazing, and it still over-delivered for me. Just as long as he can tell a strong story (again) and sticks to it while not getting distracted by an excess of characters. So if it's Nigma, tell a good Nigma story.

Hell, make it so Nigma is a private-eye like he was in the comics for a while, and have him and Batman go at it while trying to track down the Holiday Killer or something. As long as Nolan keeps the focus of the story narrow enough, he'll deliver yet again.

You know what really worked for me in TDK was that there was no back history on The Joker, he was just there. Sure he kept telling the story of his scars, but they were different each time.

What's really kept me thinking about the Joker as a great villian in that movie was a desire to know how he got the way he was.

He was obviously brilliant, his whole thing was really about social experimentation for his own amusement. He was a mystery wrapped in bacon. A part of you has to know how a man would get to be that way.

He wasn't an underworld boss dunked in a vat of chemicals, he wasn't a failed stage comedien, he was literally a force of nature who told only one real lie in the movie, and it really shown a candle into his character.

I don't think that we need to know why the Riddler is evil, or where he comes from, we need to learn to hate him or admire him because of what he does.

One of the true iconic villians in Star Wars is Palpatine, and they've basically kept his back story a mystery except for a clue here and there, and those nerds desparately know the man. But its his actions that have sold him.